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THURSDAY, FEB. 1G, lf05." H. A. LONDON, Editor. The session of the Legislature will be closed in less than three weeks. The members are very, busy now,, as the end of the ses sion draws near, and the House has begun to hold night sessions. On last Friday the Senate dis cussed at much length and with much earnestness the Ward bill, which passed its second reading on that day by a vote .of 25 to 16. Nest day it passed its third read iug iu the Senate and is now pend ing in the House. This bill prohibits the manufac ture of whiskey in all towns with a population of Jess than one thousand inhabitants, and will be a great blessing to the small towns now cursed with whiskey stills. In the Senate discussion the chief argument used by its opponents was the same that was used against the passage of the Watts bill, and that was that it would ruin .the Democratic party. Fortunately, however, the success of the Dem ocratic party does not depend up on whiskey stills or saloons. It is earnestly hoped that the House will pass this bill. - We much regret that this Leg islature is not as much opposed to divorces as it is to whiskej There is no hope of repealing our disgraceful divorce' laws, and the petitions of the churches will be unheeded. It is sad to think that the churches of this State have so little influence with our legisla tors. The first death of the session occurred on last Thursda', when Representative Phipps, of Wa tauga county, died of pneumonia after a short sickness. At nearly every session of our Legislature one of the members dies, and us ually of sickness caused by going out of the heated capitol iuto the cold air. There is no probability of the Legislature making an appropria tion to enlarge the capitol. There is more need of enlarging our charitable institutions, especially the insane asylums. They should receive increased appropriations ven if no increased appropria tions are given to the A. & M. College at llaleigh and the Nor mal School at Greensboro. These two colleges usually get the lion's share of annronriatinns nvnrv g g c - ' - J session of the Legislature. The committee on appropria tions, both in the Senate and House, should closely and care lully scrutinize every bill askim for an appropriation, and recom mend only such as may be actual Jy necessary. If this is done there will be no need of any bond issue, as is urged by some. The Legislature has not j-et tak en any steps to pay the judgment against the State rendered by the United States Supreme Court in favor of South Dakota. Gov. Glenn has sent a special message on this subject, and something hould be done to pay this judg ment, and also to settle the other bonds on which judgments may eventually be taken. The salary of the Supreme and Supsricr court Judges will be in creased from $2,500 to $3,000 a year. The bill for that purpose passed the House yesterday by a vote of 63 to 40. The Senate had previously passed a bill increasing it $750, but will now accept the Hpuaniecdmeuti increasing it $500.'.; The Senate has passed a bill to establish a bureau of immigra tion, with a commissioner at a salary of 2,500. If this bill be comes a law we hope the commis sioner will be a successful - busi ness man and not a played-out politician. - 'Since, the above was written we are pleased to note that the House has passed on its second reading the divorce bill repealing all our xecent divorce laws. . .The execution of McCue, ou last Friday, at Cbarlottesyille, Vir ginia, was highly creditable to the administration of justice in that State, aud was in strikiug contrast to the frequent miscarriage of jus tice iu this State. This was a notable and extra ordinary case. McCue was a prom inent lawyer, had been mayor of Charlottesville two terms, and had been considered a man of good character. On 'the night of the 4th. of last September immediate ly on the return of himself and - r t I. 1 ll..:. L.tnun I tended that a burglar had killed her; Suspicion was aroused and he was arrested in a few days and in November was convicted of the murder. A new trial was refused on apoeal to the Supreme Ccurt, and the Governor refused to par don him. On the morning of his execution he confessed his guilt to his spir itual advisers, and met his death without a tremor. The fifteenth annual reuuion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held at Louisville, Ken tucky, on the 14th, 15th And 16th of next June. Extensive prepara tions are being made for a vgrand occasion, ana the rauroaas nave rivnn th low rate of one cent a mile. A Whialnz Corpse, from Tbe Chrlttu Obaerttr. A corpse came up on the Sea board last' week to be shipped on over the Southern. I he transfer people had a new negro driver in charge. There was loaded on this wagon a crate of hounds, besides the corpse, but the negro failed to make any mental note of the hounds, so engrossed was he with his gruesome freight. With all his nerves tingling, he drove on until he got between Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Here the dogs began whining, but the negro had forgotten that he had any dogs along, and attribut ed the pitiful besearchmeuts to the dead man. "Whoa!" he cried, instinctively, leapt from the . wa gon, and tore it up to the Seaboard depot. The transfer people got mes sages from several sources, report ing the presence of the driver at the depot and the presence of the corpse aud hounds between Elev enth and Twelfth streets, where the horses had halted. They thought that the dead man baa slid from his conveyance or that the wagon had bogged or the team balked. So they sent to the depot to inquire of the negro, but, "Lawd," said he, "how c'n you ex pec' me to keep on driviu' a whiniu daid man?" The driver was not impervious to reason, however, and when he was convinced that the hounds, aud not the dead man, had done the whining, he climbed to his perch again, and made in safety his terminus at the Southern. Leaf Dealers Burned Oat. SyMtftl to Bletk Pott. Winston-Salem, N. C, Feb. 14. The rear end of the brick build ing in Chiitnut street, occupied by Currin fc Coleman Bros., dealers in leaf tobacco, was gutted by fire this morning. The first floor in the front part of the building was slightly damaged by water and a quantity of leaf tobacco in the east end of the factory, where the fire started, was practically de stroyed. A lnrge number of hogs heads filled with leaf in other parts of the building were saved- It is thought the fire originated from a i hot box on a drying machine which was in operation. The loss, wjiich is several thousand dollars, was covered by insurance. The auto- ! matic dryer aud other machinery used by the firm was practically I ruined, and the loss on this is larger than on the Itaf tobacco.' The firm baa se ured other quar ters and will continue business without interruption. Cut Filter and Sti. SpcelM to Sews and Obserrer. Scotland Neck, N. ., Feb. 13 There was quite a serious disturb ance Saturday evening at Spring Hill, a small town a few miles away, Mr. W. S. Biggs aud aon became engaged iu a dispute or misunderstanding with a colored man named Anthony, about some fodder. The colored man attack ed them and badly cut both Mr. Biggs and his son. Mr. Biggs was cut on the neck just under the ear a gash five inches long, and the son was badly cut ou the hand. The nogro fled as soon as he gash ed his victims. They.shot at him as he fled, but it is not known whether or not the3' touched him. A physician was telephoned for from Scotland Neck. The wounds were soon dressed and Mr. Biggs and son were "getting on very well at last report. The wounds are not dangerous. Heavy Overcoat Saved Him. Special to Kew and ObeMvar. Elizabeth City, N. C, Feb. 14 Thomas McPherson attempted to kill Claude Relfe yesterday at Cainland, this county, by shooting him with a gun loaded With bird shot. Relfe wore a heavy over coat and the shot took no effect. Both of them were participants in i the feudist fight of several weeks ago, being among the . leaders, on each side, and it is alleged that after the fight McPherson vowed that he would shoot Relfe when he had an opportunity. Relfe had to pass JJePherson'a home in going to his work, Mc- j Pherson saw him coming, got his ; gun and blazed away, the load striking him with the effect stated. At 5 o'clock he had not been arrested. wile inm ciiurcn iu uit-ii iiwj he brutally murdered her, and pre . Washington Letter. Washington; Feb. 9, 1005. Democratic Senators, with the! aid of a few Republicans, -admin istered a signal defeat to the Re publican leaders , in the upper House thiS week and passed as Statehood bill which, if accepted ! cently been in circulation persis by the House, will admit two new ' tent stories of steps to bring about States to the Union and leave a cessation of hostilities, there is Arizona in a position to apply for little upon which to base a belief Statehood later on. The final that the fighting will, terminate at fight oyer the Statehood bill last-: any early date. The Russians, it ed for nine hours, during which seems, continue to get the worst every tactical advantage was seiz- of the fighting in Manchuria, but ed upon by both sides, the result they are probably net yet ready being a contest such as has seldom to quit, . Their troubles at home been witnessed in the Senate. With have to a large extent subsided, the Republican leaders defeated although the ( Unrest in many in aud Senator Beveridge iu the dustrial centers, including St. depths of despair, what Senator Petersburg, continues, and will Bailey declared to be a "trade" doubtless in time cause something was affected and the tables turned, in the nature of a revolution. In only to be turned again by the de-, conversation with a son of Count parture of the decrepit Senator j Leo Tolstoi Saturday, the Czar from New York, Mr. Piatt. The ; said ho was only awaiting a favor "trade" referred to by Senator able opportunity to give the peo Bailey consisted of the adoption pie a voice iu the government. If of a previously rejected amend- ; this concession is made it will -be motif rfTYrrrl liv Siptuitnr Tv:ims frr fit a ro.iann flint f Iio ataViSlitv , ' ' : -7 , ' oi utan, wnereoy ,uuu square miles of Arizona are annexed to contained iu the enabling act of the former territory guaranteeing! that the territory should never be increased or diminished without consent of a majority of its popu-! lation. In return for 7,000 square miles, Mr. Kearns changed his al - legiance a3d voted witn tue iev- eridge faction, but the departure of Senator Piatt later made it pos-, sibie lor the J? o raker phalanx to win out. ' Despite the spacious arguments vauced in the Senate against ami C00; at Liao Yang, Au-ust! and, when he reached shore, he grauting separate Statehood to 30-September 3, each side lost j was forced to roll over and over Arizona and ew Mexico, the real 25,000; on the Sha river, Octobpr j in th6 sand to get up the circula reason for its being opposed by ;5.2() the Japanese loss whs 15,87U tion of his blood again. Nearlv ine itepuuucan leaiier was me fear that proposed States might uicicwe inuwi.ivii; iqucwu...- tion in tho Senate. Intense luter-j est now prevails regarding the; fate of the amended measure in 1 the Home. There is a clear ma jonty in favor of the bill as passed by the Senate in the lower cham ber, bat it is made up of the en tire Democratic minority and a utimber of Republicans, and under the autocratic power granted to the Speaker it is altogether possi ble that the measure may fail, de spite the fact that a majority fa vors its adoption. The measure, which contains au appropriation, losses of the respoctivcombatants will have to go to, a committee I on land. The losse of the J.ip.m before the Senate amendments can J e,0 at 8Ca wore inconsequential, be agreed to and the possibility j 8aTP ju one or two instances, while of its being left ill committee is j the BussUus had a powerful bVet not remote, while the fact that the j pnt 0,n of action and nearly all .Speaker can refuse to recognize tuo vessels destroyed 01 captured, any member wtio desires to make a motion unacceptable to the ike publican leaders makes the fate of the measure especially dubious. "The House has de'.ermiued to i. fi' l :i pass uju xowu.envi-Ajjii nuirtiiy; , , . 11 1 . 1 J . rifn Ikill orul o tstfa will Ia ril.iii I tuic lfiia tttivt mil; i r iuri ta 1 todav at which the success of bill is assured, but ce by si ad no am be S son has been demonstrated to be i.M.vl I....1.... In f r. vw..f ill civ iiiavicii ii'.ic hi unicii nisi- J .. i ... rtam that no action wilt be taken j w "-;;. , ' ' i ! ni.tnrt of her suiull children. died the Senate, lhat this is the, ' . t. t. . nf . ,fi . , , Uuddenlv. Her hnslmnd was wi.rk- tuation is regarded by earnest in- on the Pamlico load of the . e I mi lru.iitt, nil II I'll I 1117 I I Hit,- - voc.te of railway UwwbUioii aii . f Vnli-Cunty. serving out a sentence for t a.togeiner a, unmixed evn, . , - , . lHl;l.nsi his wife and ehildren I even the I'resutnt appears toi t, .... . . . ... , . ,irn,it PforA C.LnsJmiN resigned to the prospect of the r, i...m... h.p wjia ntoxi.-ated and so abused nators fadure to act. I he rea- enm probable as the davsi .his wife and children that they lor tins is tliat tne House bill r.. i" . i!. r i. ! onnM iot live with him in oeaee. f II ingevi sancl 111 yiewot t e crowa- ed condition of the Senate calen-j10 Air it would bea pl.ysical impos-!(Ui sibi ity properly to amend the bill at this session, lhat this is the ce is largely due to the fact that certain Republican S?nators,close 1 . ' ..iTi: 4j.. t - Willi 1 HHTK HI, III kl Mlltr I HUH II ting the matter, sro over until next fall he will secure a really ellicient and comprehensive remedy for the evils to which he has directed the attention of Congress and of the country. There are those who believe that the Prjsident is making a grave mistake not to insist on Congress either enacting some' railway legislation at this session 1 or, as an alternative, ou calling a special session: for the corning spring. The "President, on tlio' other hand, is of the opinion that public sentiment is with him and will merely gather force duriug the summer recess so that when he calls Congress together in the amendments caten ated to make of the CzilP of H the lluSsias, and wick county, died. nuder peculiar Pfuf ni'h tlie result cannot but be beneficial circumstances several aavy ago. the riesideut believes that by let- . ., , w ,, Aceoin primed by seveml relatives which will prove adequate, cou-j IV stitutional and comprehensive, t Theie is a bare possibility that he fa may yield to the arguments of;? those who urge au earlier session, i i .i: ii. .i i. . due present inaicadous are mat xie will not. . j The ceremony of canvassing the vote- of the electoral college for President and Vice- President took There was, of course, no uucer- i .I.i. '1! il. Ii. K i. taiuty regaruius lue it-sun uut, contrary to popular impression, xvooseveic ana r airoanns ere nor, properly speaking, President and Vice-President elect until this ceremony, which is prescribed by the constitution was performed. The intense cold has caused the death of thousands of ducks in Currituck sound. The sound was' frozen, with the exception of air holes, where the ducks gather. They dive and come up under the ice, and so were drowned. . One man got 250 of the dead ducks, and another 200. " The JaFCflcse-IttifejaB "War. From The Chariot t Olrvr. let". Uih. The 'Russo-Japanese "war has been in progress forgone year- last Wednesday, the 8tU instant, being the anniversary of the at tack on the Russian fleet at Fort Arthur and while there have re- ; , j r oi me government is considered I fin dangerunder present coiidi- i lu a review of the - war for the year jst dosed, The New York World prints ' some interesting figures, showing the losses of the combatants in the principal iu.ttlpa; O'h'Mnv i:a h,itl f the yalu was fought, the Japanese' ifs i,r ioiiiKnd H,a l?n;,.n 3,500; June 14 10 the battle of Telessu reHtilted in 9 r.on u. the Japanese and 5.GO0 to t he j Busaians; at Nanshan Hill, AUy j , and the KUSs:an loss 45,000, while jiu the fhti on rhe Hua river! OQ tne (iiti and 27th or January i;ist the Japanese lost 7,000 aiul the-Bussians 13,000 men. These fi,rnrpR Mti u-pa 0r 1070 fr the Japanese and ' 72,700 for the Kussians, and do not include num erous smaller, eng.iijements in which many lives were lost. The ".ege of Port Arthur cost the Japanese 50,000 men in round numbers, but the loss of the Rus sians is more or less a matter of guess- woik. It was, however, heavy. These figures, it will be noted, have only to do with the am iost a considerable number of men. rpt 1 .1 . . t f ,' j. iit-fin 1 m,iii lirsi ear s Jijfiii - . ... . f -i . r HIS.', Hit? lHfll Uil.lIU'lrU COST OI which i esti,iiaod at $2,500,000 ;J 1 , 1 , .1 1 : l i , had? tne J.i p aaese 111 possess ' ion of tl e i h.is been nothing but defeat i.. ,i: r humiliation as a result of is a il.tt! r . fti 1 i 1 1 ti ii 1' u.ri i dmi n lit r f.. f. -i- in hPiM. Mrs. II I il ir iitur 1 tan 1 ti An 1 i iii-iiimii o.w hii in . !..- ii t ii lint; Li 1 .1. ii - ; '"-- 5, i. -i,,u,i ...ifi. !.,,. was workiu? iu tne b pffrtg her troops have madeiras liberated to come home and . .. . . . ; spe hia wif1 buried. He has six en nfinff tU3rn T foe ; J . , limpires Jesp.sed and , ' ,, t I y Jtwort hy of enon8, aiiemiou nas proven 10 up one oi t , .. - j the foremost military powers of xt nas, imieea, oeen a, as the entire civilized world, government which dominates :tvJ ! irair anra rrt-il Fnr ln. ..nnntrw ii.-..tuwirimn. i.i.ior,,., 2. own people like Russia has been n ieineii 10 uer i ami ac shown to do should not be per- ceptauce of God, and she was mitted to extend the sphere of its ready to go whenever the Master rni. - r called her. She-sat down and the There hag been no important lighting during the past week, the activity of the Japanese, however, ia marked by - the movements of troops here, and there aroui.fi about Mukden, and news of further lili of .Home magnum may be expected almost any tin; The armies have fpund that the can fisrht lespite the cold, ;nd w 1 doubtless not wait for spring if ; ! . - FA .The "Greatest -'Cotton. Fertilizer The Standard in North Carolina for over Twenty Used by over 75,000 Planters Each Year in N C, S. C. and Ga. & See. that the seems advisable to hasten matters. There was apparently no truth in the reports that General Kuro patkm had relinquished his "com mand, for he is apparently at the same' old stand near Mukden. The Russian authorities at St. Peters burg last week published figures showing that the Russians had in the field some 50,000 more men than the Japanese, and apparently extracted considerable hope from this situation. It is not likely, however, that the Russians know actually how many men Oyama has under him, for the Japanese possess the faculty of keeping their ovn secrets. Sad Drowning Near Wilmington. Special to Charlotte Ob- erver. Wilmington, Feb. 10. William B. Ellis, of FreeholdtN. J., who has been experimenting with fruit growing and making .some agri cultural researches on Topsail Sound for the past several months, was drowned off the coast, about one mile south of Topsail Inlet, yesterday afternoon, Ellis and a Norwegian seaman Norwegian seaman, named Boe, y,.,A trtprl to- Wilmington from Topsail in a gasoline launch, when their engine broke down, and they were forced to take to u skiff in an effort to reach shorev The skiff capsized soon after thelaunch was abandoned, howevpr, and both men were forced to cling to it to keep unable to swim. Finally the Nor- from going down, Mr. Ellis bein wegiau, of powerful physique, told Mr. Ellis to keep, hold on the skiff, and, heroically and, at great risk of bin own life, he swam to the beach, a distance of uearly a mile. frozen and almost exhausted, . the Norwegian then plunged in the sound araiu iu uu etfort to reach some fishermen across the channel. Before getting across, botrever, he fell on a shoal in the channel, and the fishermen were attracted by his shouts of help. They came to the man, heard his story briefly, after which he relapsed into un consciousness. The fishermen thpn put out across the channel for the beach aind found the body of Mr. EUis under the capsized skiff, which had washed ashore. The body of Mr. Ellis was brought here this afternoon and embalmed, awaiting the arrival of relatives fiom the North, where the remains will be sent for interment. Mr. Ellis was a man of means, and was held in hiarhest esteem by the peo ple of Topsail, with whom he was generous aud helpful. . Peculiar Sad Death. t S- rt.i n Nvm nod Obrcr ' ' Scotland Neck. N. C, Feb. 13 I oome (i.ivs U2() tneie was a par- josierv Stalen, who mill for the court and sent to the roans. He or seven children, but they have been looked after and given homes, n- u iir.A. n,.r,. r:..mc.... Ivain uuyi wuiiai viihuiuiiautkji Oiford PubIc igw . fT? mm. iuoiririi n. iimifr,!!! umiiis During the services she gave her experience t ...... :.! x I I -I next momenc ien over nean, Aiie attack followiug the declaration of her faith caused much excite ment amonsr the consresration. 11" 1 T il ! a she went to cliurcii Tcio Laxative Bromo Quinine i T2ista. VSZom Voces o!4 in ptt I? RMERS' BONE TRA0C Trade Mark is on RG!STRED S. ROYSTBR GUANO CO., NORFOLK, VA., TARBORO, N. C For Sale by PoeAtwatet M ereantile Co. Engineer JtolSbopser. Injored. Spoclat to Charlotte Obserrer ' Spencer, Feb. 14. -Engraeer H. T. Holshonser, of this place, waa brought to his home here yester day in a badly bruised condition, as a result of what came near prov ing a fatal experience under his engine near, Greenville, S. C. His train had stopped, find the engin eer was under the locomotive, looking after some -.repair ' work when a shifting train plunged into train No. 1, dragging Mr. Hols housef about. ii hundred feet under the engine. His body was held firmly by the rods from the air brakes, and he was severely bruis ed about the face, arms and back. A Guaranteed Cure For Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. Drnggists refund money, if Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in "6- to 14 days; First application gives ease and rest. 50c, If your druggist hasn't it send 50c. in stamps and will he forwarded post-paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. O It may b fron evtrworft, t the chsnces are Its from "am Im active VVrth n wen ccntfocted U'ZQ. one can do mountaiu of laftor wltliout fatlsoe. It adds a hundred fer ones eat alnj capacity. It can he kept la kcaftlfef by v sad e!jr hj TAKE no CUD0T1TUTQ . SPECIAL RATES TO WASHINGTON, B. C. VIA S, Art. RMWAY, Account of the President's Inaug-j uration, March 4th, the Seaboard' announces a rate of one fare plus 25 cents from all points on its line to Washington and return. Tickets be sold Aarch 2nd and 3rd, : nal limit March btli, with the pnv- ilese of extension to March 18th upon payment of fee of one dollar. For Military Companies and Brass Bands, one cent per mile per capita for 25 or more on one ticket. We have double dailv service from principal points in North Carolina without trains consisting: ot vesuDtuea day coaches, dining and sleeping cars. , For turrher ii formation as to; ra?cs. schedules and time-tables ap-1 pv to ' CHAS. H. GATTIS, Traveling Pas.eiiirer Agent, lUleijjh, N. C FITTING GLASSES. If you are unable to visit our Optical office and consult- our spe cialist, we will sei.d you free a sim pie method of treating your eyes at home on receipt ot a postal card. Mho Capport Cptic 1 C., Durham, N C SVWe promptly obtain U. S. a"l Pfr;:ea V : ' ' Eend model, snetcfc or )roto .- . ' free report on patent :ility. how to secureyn n : Patpntsnl I iVHSi.- 1 1 ? r La Trired f 1 S3 A S M rf 1 To Cure a Cold in One Day mostbs. ion Signature, MARK Every Ba;. 1 IMLJLtMlX: Special Rates Fla., Mobile, Ala., acconnt of Mardi Gras Celebration at the above points March 2nd7th by S. A.; L Railway. The Scabpardvannounccs a rate of one fare plus 25 cents from all points on its line to New. Orleans, U Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala and return account of the Mardi Gras Celebration at these points .March 2nd to 7th. Tickets will be sold March 1st to 6th. inclusive, with final limit to leave all three points not later than March 11 th, except. on payment of fee of 50 cents and an extension of limit can be .obtained until March 25th. ... Seaboard offersudouble dailv ! vir with nnlv nni" -In n tr i which is made in Atlanta, trains' ; consistinof vestibuled jay coach consisting of vestibuled day coaches Pullman .Sletpmf : Cm and Cafe Dining Cars.v , -. For further information in regard to rates, schedules and routes,1 appw to. your nearest gent or address CHAS. H. GATTIS, : ' Traveling Passenger Agent, .1, Raleigh; N. C. Ever C idzeii OF. ought to THE CHATHAM RECORD which for up our grand old county; : - THE HE(OHD Is !he "OLD RELIABLE," that can be depended on . not only for the . . - Latest News but for its advocacy of all measures that will best promote the ' prosper ity of all he people. SUBSCRIBE 11911 On! 3 cents ca every box. 25c Years. the Mates of Noac Qenuioc Witfaont it. mi CHATHAM II 11 m w
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